ENGL311: Annotated Bibliography on Workplace Discrimination

This annotated bibliography focuses on workplace discrimination, utilizing resources from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and other credible sources. It includes five annotated entries, each providing a summary and persuasive assessment of the source's relevance to understanding and addressing discrimination in the workplace. The bibliography covers various aspects of discrimination, including those based on nationality, religion, age, race, disability, and gender. It highlights the EEOC's role in enforcing federal laws against discrimination and explores specific issues such as religious discrimination against Muslim women and pay inequity for women workers. The annotations critically evaluate the sources, noting their strengths in providing data, legal context, and insights into the challenges of combating workplace discrimination.

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Workplace Discrimination - annotated bibliography
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Introduction
USA Gov. (2018). Overview U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
Smithsonian Retrieved from https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/index.cfm
The web page offers an overview of S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) which holds responsibility for enforcing federal laws to fight any discrimination against
a job applicant based on his nationality, religion, age, and race. The major emphasis of the
information on the web page is to help one to understand the role and responsibilities carried out
by EEOC and the significance. Federal laws apply to all kinds of work situations related to
hiring, training, promotions, harassment, wages, and more. The article discusses EEOC ‘s
authority and challenges when fighting discrimination at work and protect the rights of
individuals. This article is very informative to comprehend EEOC duties and responsibilities for
fairly and accurate assessment of assessing the allegations of discrimination against employers.
The web page offers a good insight into the working of EEOC and is associated with the
challenges and threats of discriminations at the workplace. The article will be useful for
providing well-researched information about EEOC.
USA Gov. (2018b). Discrimination by Type, EEOC Retrieved from
https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/index.cfm
The article on the website of EEOC provides information regarding the different types of
discrimination faced at the workplace and prohibited by the laws. EEOC is responsible for
enforcing laws related to discrimination due to age, disability, disability, harassment, national
origin, race/color, pregnancy, religion, sex, genetic information and more. The article provides
significant contributions towards understating the different type of work discriminations. The

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information gives useful insights into the various types of discrimination and thus proves to be
very useful in this research project on workplace discrimination. EEOC also provides useful
links to relevant laws and regulations, best practices, and other information on the subject. The
source is reliable as it is run by the USA government and provides the latest data on the subject
of research. The article provides both quantitative information regarding the various
discriminatory practices faced by workers at the workplace and makes one aware of them.
Ali, S. R., Yamada, T., & Mahmood, A. (2015). Relationships of the Practice of
Hijab, Workplace Discrimination, Social Class, Job Stress, and Job Satisfaction Among
Muslim American Women. Journal of Employment Counseling, 52(4), 146–157.
The article “Relationships of the Practice of Hijab, Workplace Discrimination, Social
Class, Job Stress, and Job Satisfaction Among Muslim American Women” has been published in
the Journal of Employment 2015. The article is recent and is based on the data provided by the
National EEOC ADA Research Project. It reveals numerous findings of an EEOC investigation
and how those allegations of workplace discriminations are different for different categories of
workers with disabilities. The objective of the article is to establish differences in investigations
outcomes and if there are any profound differences for both groups. The article would provide
useful information about how these investigations affect the lives of workers with disabilities.
The article is very well written and supports the existence of discriminatory practices faced by
workers with disabilities.
Ali, S. R., Yamada, T., & Mahmood, A. (2015). Relationships of the Practice of
Hijab, Workplace Discrimination, Social Class, Job Stress, and Job Satisfaction Among
Muslim American Women. Journal of Employment Counseling, 52(4), 146–157.

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The article by Ali, Yamada & Mahmood sheds light on religious discrimination in the
workplace. The discussion and findings of the article are necessary as there is still very little
research done on religious discriminations at the workplace. The focus of the article is to study
the impact of the workplace on diverse Muslim women living in the U.S.A. The article is very
informative as it reveals how workplace discrimination relates to lower job satisfaction. EEOC
investigations reveal discrimination between Muslim women who wear and who do not wear the
hijab. The article shows how workplace discrimination for Muslim women has a direct impact on
their psyche regarding identity issues and workplace safety. The best thing about this article is
that the facts and findings regarding the workplace discrimination cover Muslim women from
different strata and segments of the USA and different descents.
Lovell, V. (2009). Having It Our Way: Women in Maryland’s Workplace Circa 2027:
Evaluating Policy Solutions to Sex-Based Pay Discrimination: Women Workers,
Lawmakers, and Cultural Change. University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion,
Gender and Class, 9, 45.
The journal article” Having It Our Way” discusses how equal pay continues to be a major
concern of women workers. The article is written by Vicky Lovell who is an experienced and
Ph.D., and explains inequitable compensation practices faced by the majority of women at the
workplace. The article reveals that even after decades of mandated equal pay for women by the
women, the issue of unequal pay still persists and impacts a large segment of women workers.
The article is well written and not only reveals the persistent issue of unfairly low pay for
decades for women but also how the complex legal structure fails to deal with the problem. The
significant burden of enforcement lies with those how may never get an opportunity to discover

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the co-workers' pay because of the extremely secretive nature of sensitive compensation
information.

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References
Ali, S. R., Yamada, T., & Mahmood, A. (2015). Relationships of the Practice of Hijab,
Workplace Discrimination, Social Class, Job Stress, and Job Satisfaction Among Muslim
American Women. Journal of Employment Counseling, 52(4), 146–157.
Lovell, V. (2009). Having It Our Way: Women in Maryland’s Workplace Circa 2027: Evaluating
Policy Solutions to Sex-Based Pay Discrimination: Women Workers, Lawmakers, and
Cultural Change. University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and
Class, 9, 45.
McMahon, M., McMahon, B. T., West, S. L., Conway, J. P., & Lemieux, M. (2017). Actual vs.
perceived workplace discrimination involving charging parties with learning disabilities:
The National EEOC ADA Research Project. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 46(2),
203–208.
USA Gov. (2018a). Overview U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, EEOC
Retrieved from https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/index.cfm
USA Gov. (2018b). Discrimination by Type, EEOC Retrieved from
https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/index.cfm